Elon אֵלוֹן

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Elon
אֵלוֹן
Transliterationelon
Strong's numberH436 (H0436H, H0436G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossterebinth
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (4)

Elon (Hebrew אֵלוֹן, Strong's H436) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “terebinth”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0436H: terebinth

1) tree, great tree, terebinth
2) plain

H0436G: (Diviners') Oak

This name means tree, great tree, terebinth
Combined with a.nan (עָנַן "Diviners'" H6049)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVplain (7), plains (2)
BSBoak (5), near the oaks (2), oaks (1), great tree (1)

Verses

Every verse with Elon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Samuel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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